[THE LABORATORY MARKERS OF DETECTION OF BETA-THALASSEMIA CARRIAGE].

The article presents the results of examination of 110 patients (57 males and 53 females aged from 2 to 58 years) with microcytic hypochromic anemia. The kit of laboratory markers comprised hematological parameters (MCV, Metzer Index), biochemical (serum iron, ferritin), electrophoresis data (Hb, A2, Hb F) and molecular genetic analysis data (mutations of beta-globin gene). The application of this kit permitted to detected and to prove carriage of thalassemia шт 70 out of 110 patients with microcytic anemia. The proposed markers' kit can be applied in screening programs and in differential diagnostic of agents of beta-thalassemia and patients with iron-deficiency anemia.